TOP 09

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Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". TOP 09 (Template:Langx, Template:Lit)[1] is a liberal-conservative[2][3][4][5] political party in the Czech Republic, led by Markéta Pekarová Adamová. 14 of its members sit in the Chamber of Deputies, and two of them are MEPs.

History

Foundation and participation in government

The party was founded on 11 June 2009 by Miroslav Kalousek who left the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party.[6] Its first leader was Karel Schwarzenberg, who had previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the second Topolánek cabinet from January 2007 to March 2009, having been nominated by the Green Party for the post, and who had been elected to the Senate in 2004 as nominee of the Freedom Union – Democratic Union (US-DEU) and Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA) parties.[7][8]

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Karel Schwarzenberg, Honorary chairman and former leader of TOP 09

In the 2010 parliament elections on 28–29 May 2010, TOP 09 received 16.7% of the vote and 41 seats, becoming the third largest party.[9] The party joined the Nečas cabinet, forming a coalition with the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) and Public Affairs (VV).[10]

In September 2010 TOP 09 applied to join the European People's Party. Karel Schwarzenberg had already officially participated in two EPP summits (15 September[11] and 16 December 2010[12]). On 10 February 2011 TOP 09 was granted permission to join the EPP.[13]

In the 2013 legislative election on 25–26 October 2013, TOP 09 won 12% of the vote and 26 seats. The party became part of the parliamentary opposition to the Sobotka cabinet.

Opposition and cooperation with STAN and ODS

In the 2014 European elections on 24 and 25 May 2014, TOP 09 reached second place nationally with 15.95% of the vote, electing 4 MEPs.

Karel Schwarzenberg left the position of leader in 2015. He was replaced by Miroslav Kalousek afterwards.

In March 2016, Karel Tureček left the party and joined ANO 2011, which left TOP 09 with 25 MPs.[14] In May 2016, Pavol Lukša, one of founders of TOP 09, left the party and established a new party, Good Choice.[15]

The 2016 Czech regional elections were a major loss for TOP 09. The party gained only 19 seats and 3.4% of the vote. Miroslav Kalousek then considered resigning, but decided to remain the party’s leader.[16]

In January 2017, TOP 09 introduced a new program called Vision 2030, in which it declared intentions to adopt the Euro, implement electronical voting, and increase health standards in Czechia to Germany's level. TOP 09 also wanted to shorten the working week to 4 days. Miroslav Kalousek said he believed that TOP 09 would get over 10% in the upcoming legislative election even though recent opinion polls indicated that TOP 09 might not reach the 5% threshold.[17][18]

Ahead of the 2017 parliamentary elections, TOP 09 was endorsed by The Czech Crown, Conservative Party, Club of Committed Non-Party Members and Liberal-Environmental Party.[19][20] The party eventually received 5.3% of the vote, gaining 7 seats. Jiří Pospíšil became the new leader after the election.[21]

In the next year municipal elections TOP 09 got only 1.1 per cent of the vote nationally. The best performance for the party was in the Prague City council elections, following which it joined a coalition with the Czech Pirate Party and Prague Together.

In November, 2019, Markéta Pekarová Adamová was elected party’s leader.[22] In late 2020, TOP 09 formed an electoral alliance with KDU-ČSL and ODS called SPOLU, to run in the 2021 elections.[23] The alliance won the popular vote and formed a coalition with the Pirates and Mayors alliance. As a result of agreements made to form these alliances, TOP 09 leader Markéta Pekarová Adamová became President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic.

On 20 November 2021 Pekarová Adamová was reelected in a TOP 09 leadership election, with 163 out of 176 votes, being the only candidate.[24]

On 11 November 2023 Pekarová Adamová was reelected in a TOP 09 leadership election, with 142 out of 177 votes, being the only candidate.[25]

Ideology

TOP 09 is characterised most prominently by its economic liberalism and its pro-Europeanism,[26] being firmly in favour of European integration.[27] Generally, the party is considered to lean towards both liberal and conservative strains of right-of-centre thought, gradually becoming increasingly liberal compared to its official stance of conservatism.[28]

Election results

Chamber of Deputies

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/− Place Position
2010 Karel SchwarzenbergTemplate:Efn 873,833 16.7 Template:Composition bar 3rd Coalition
2013 Karel SchwarzenbergTemplate:Efn 596,357 12.0 Template:Composition bar Decrease15 4th Decrease Opposition
2017 Miroslav KalousekTemplate:Efn 268,811 5.3 Template:Composition bar Decrease19 8th Decrease Opposition
2021 Markéta Pekarová Adamová 1,493,701 27.79 Template:Composition bar Increase7 1st Increase Coalition
Part of SPOLU coalition, which won 71 seats in total

Senate

Election First round Second round Seats Total seats +/–
Votes % Place Votes % Place
2010 165,277 14.40 3rd 51,310 7.54 3rd Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar New
2012 57,907 6.59 5th 9,918 1.93 5th Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Increase 2
2014 92,137 8.98 5th 30,476 6.43 6th Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Steady
2016 70,653 8.02 6th 30,820 7.27 5th Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Steady
2018 41,980 3.85 7th 22,580 5.40 8th Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Decrease 1
2020 46,575 4.67 7th 33,938 7.51 4th Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Increase 2
2022 73,473 6.60 6th 33,341 6.95 4th Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Increase 1
2024 44,320 5.59 5th 17,457 4.47 4th Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar Increase 1

Presidential

Election Candidate First round Second round
Votes % Result Votes % Result
2013 style="background-color: Template:Party color" width="2px"| Karel Schwarzenberg 1,204,195 23.40 Runner-up 2,241,171 45.20 Lost
2018 style="background-color: Template:Party color" width="2px"| Jiří Drahoš 1,369,601 26.60 Runner-up 2,701,206 48.63 Lost
2023Template:Efn style="background-color: Template:Party color" width="2px"| Petr Pavel 1,975,056 35.40 Winner 3,358,926 58.33 Won
style="background-color: Template:Party color" width="2px"| Danuše Nerudová 777,080 13.93 Eliminated supported Petr Pavel
style="background-color: Template:Party color" width="2px"| Pavel Fischer 376,705 6.75 Eliminated supported Petr Pavel

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European Parliament

Election List leader Votes % Seats +/– EP Group
2014Template:Efn Luděk Niedermayer 241,747 15.95 (#2) Template:Composition bar New EPP
2019Template:Efn Jiří Pospíšil 276,220 11.65 (#4) Template:Composition bar Decrease 1
2024Template:Efn Alexandr Vondra 661,250 22.27 (#2) Template:Composition bar Steady

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Regional councils

Election Vote % Seats +/– Position
2012 175,089 6.6 Template:Composition bar 5th
2016 86,164 3.4 Template:Composition bar Steady 9th
2020Template:Efn Party didn't run on a single list Template:Composition bar Increase 1 9th

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Local elections

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Former TOP09 leaders Karel von Schwarzenberg and Miroslav Kalousek
Election Votes % Seats
2010 8,537,461 9.5 Template:Composition bar
2014 8,324,195 8.4 Template:Composition bar
2018 1,241,976 4.8 Template:Composition bar

Prague City Assembly

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Status
2010 Zdeněk Tůma 1,043,008 30.2 Template:Composition bar Increase 25 Increase 1st Coalition (2010–2013)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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2014 Tomáš Hudeček 4,158,226 20.1 Template:Composition bar Decrease 10 Decrease 2nd Opposition
2018 Jiří Pospíšil 4,127,063 16.3 Template:Composition bar Decrease 3 Decrease 4th Coalition

Leaders

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